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Valued Member
United States
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Does anyone know why someone would drill holes on a 1953 skint half dollar coin?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like it was shot with a BB gun
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Valued Member
 United States
90 Posts |
Can a BB gun do this to a coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The dents were not drilled, they were punched in. You can tell by the outward bumps on the opposite side. Why would someone do this is anyone's guess.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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maybe it was thrown into the air and shot with a shotgun?
Twice?
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 That sounds like a good explanation for the number of dents and the depth of them on both sides. I'm not seeing a BB gun doing that. Maybe a .22 pellet gun but that's a lot of shooting, finding it, setting it up again... In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I do think a BB gun could do this.
Why? As cwb said, who knows, but perhaps it was a bored kid with too much time on his hands one summer vacation as it wound down to a close.
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Pillar of the Community
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B B gun, did it all the time when I was a kid. Only we used cents, wern't rich enough to have a 50 cent piece. A 22 pellet would not dent silver it would just smash into it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm in the BB gun camp. Did it myself too, just never with a half dollar.
The pump BB guns can get enough pressure to mimic the force of a 22.
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United States
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I am in the shotgun camp, I have seen and done this myself. Even high-power BB guns would have a hard time doing this type of damage, even into such a soft alloy as silver-copper.
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United States
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I guess you could get some Franklins, a BB gun and a shotgun. Add a couple of friends a lonely country road and some beer then you have the makings of an official country boys experiment. Also a trip to the emergency room. Seriously, I showed this coin to my grandson for his opinion, this was his reaction -  |
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